Behavioural Analyst

AKO Capital, one of London’s leading hedge funds, is looking for a team member to join the Behavioural Analysis Unit (BAU). The behavioural team analyses company communications for indicators of uncertainty and/or lowered transparency to inform the risk profile of portfolio companies. As such, the BAU is an integral part of the AKO investment process.

This is an exciting opportunity to join a small and growing team whose domain expertise varies from Linguistics to Psychology. The successful applicant will gain exposure to the investment team along with other specialist teams that focus on sustainability, data science, forensic accounting, and market research. 

If you enjoy reading and analysing texts with qualitative methods and NLP techniques, can maintain high efficiency during repetitive tasks, are unafraid to experiment with new ideas, have strong communication skills and are self-reflective, this role is for you.

 

Responsibilities:

• Analyse texts and live meetings with a proprietary qualitative methodology (on-the-job learning)
• Analyse management communications with NLP or other text analytics tools
• Research the literature and experiment new methodologies and/or tools in the areas of Decision Making, Computational Linguistics, or other areas of interest
• Assist other teams on all matters relating to behavioural analysis

You should apply if you have:

• Up to 2 years work experience in analysing texts/communications with qualitative methods and/or NLP techniques
• A degree in Linguistics, Psychology, or a related discipline
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills
• Self-awareness and an ability to learn from mistakes
• Eagerness to learn and take ownership of tasks
• Proficiency in English
• Legal right to work in the UK

Benefits:

• Competitive compensation
• Participation in a private, defined-contribution pension plan
• Private health insurance and on-premises gym
• Above industry parental leave
• Mentoring program for all new joiners

To Apply

Please email your CV and a cover letter which includes a description of an interesting project you have worked on to baujobs@akocapital.com

We are not looking for any recruitment support at this time.

 

About AKO

Founded in 2005, AKO Capital is one of Europe’s leading investment partnerships, managing more than $20bn across European and Global equity funds. Our mission is to generate the best risk-adjusted and sustainable returns for our clients.

We look for enthusiasm and an ownership mentality in all our team members. We are long-term, patient and responsible investors, and take the same approach to our employees. We believe that a commitment to our people is paramount to success as the strength of our results in the long run will reflect the strength of our team.

We are an equal opportunities employer and are committed to promoting a diverse and inclusive culture. We are a Certified B Corporation™.

You can find out more on our business principles at www.akocapital.com/business-principles.

Stock Pitch

Even when we are not actively recruiting, AKO Capital is always happy to engage with prospective candidates who would like to join our investment team. If you are keen to join us, please send us your CV, a brief cover letter and a stock pitch (max. 2 pages). We are interested in either long or short ideas, listed in developed markets with an average daily liquidity above USD 10m. For longs, we are looking for high quality businesses underappreciated by the market. For shorts, we are looking for businesses with material earnings downside.

To apply please email your stock pitch to jobs@akocapital.com with Stock Pitch as the email subject along with your CV and a cover letter. Please note, we will not be able to consider applications without all three components.